Link Building
Links on the Internet form a relationship between pages and sites that are hugely important to both search engines and marketers. Search engines, like Google, use links to crawl the web, discover new pages, calculate the popularity of those pages, and also determine the relevancy of results to a searcher's query.
If you are new to link building, we highly recommend starting out with our Beginner’s Guide to SEO with Growing Popularity and Links.
While link building can be hugely beneficial for SEO, it's important to stay up-to-date on the latest practices. Below you'll find the most recent posts from the Moz Blog. In addition, we've selected a few quality resources that deserve particular attention.
The Beginner's Guide to Link Building : Everything you need to get started with link building.
The Professional’s Guide to SEO : Professional’s guide to link building and link earning tactics written by SEO expert Paddy Moogan.
Link Building Tactics : There are lots of ways to get links. This guide shows you tactics applicable to almost all websites.
The Rules of Link Building : You need links, but building bad ones can mean trouble. You need to know the rules!
Link Building: The One Hour Guide to SEO : Learn the basics of link building for absolute beginners, all in 10 minutes!
What is an Unnatural Link? An in-depth Look at the Google Quality Guidelines
Do you know how to recognize an unnatural link? Sometimes unnatural links are easy to spot. But, other times they are not. In this article we will take an in depth look at the link schemes section of the Google Quality Guidelines and discuss what this document says in regards to unnatural links. Along the way I will share some of my experiences in dealing with websites who have been given unnatural links penalties.
7 Reasons to Remove "Link Building" from Our Vocabulary
It may seem insane to many in the industry to speak of discarding "link building" as an action, goal, or job description; but after years of consulting, dozens of penalty-related questions in Moz’s Q&A, and careful consideration, I am convinced that the idea of "building links" has been heartbreakingly detrimental to our industry and many site owners. I will argue that everyone — marketers and SEOs included — would be better off if we stopped talking about building links altogether.![Link Building Survey 2013 - The Results [INFOGRAPHIC]](https://outdoorsrank.com/images/blog/banners/link-building-caa8312_2021-03-31-025700.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1617159420&s=8b21b26f7b6e2c2e7b6e08907f7a4185)
Link Building Survey 2013 - The Results [INFOGRAPHIC]
Many of us faced a challenging 2012, and 2013 has been no different. We created a survey to really capture the current market sentiment and better understand how industry peers are faring. This post walks you through the infographic we created from the results.
Pyscape: Your Best Friend for Using the Mozscape API
This post dives into Pyscape, a Python-based tool that uses the Mozscape API to extract data from Open Site Explorer. Try it out, and you might never go back to using Google Docs to pull that data.
How to Leverage Investment in Video to Build More Links
Video can be an expensive and time consuming investment. In this post, I outline nine ways in which video can be used to augment and enhance link building activity, with the goal of giving you more ammunition to secure an investment in video as part of a wider inbound marketing strategy.Level Up Your SEO Skills With Our Free Training
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How to Build Links to Your Blog - A Case Study
After a month or so of development, my site was finally ready and I wanted to start thinking about how to get some traffic going on the website. Whilst paid advertising and social media were a huge part of the strategy, I knew that appearing in the search engines for a wide selection of long-tail phrases was going to be instrumental to the blog's success. This is when I began developing my link building strategy and, after trialing out some very successful approaches, I've decided to now share my link building tactics with you all.
Building a Freelance Link Building Team
Need help link building, but can’t afford to hire an agency or a full-time employee? There are some great resources out there that can connect you with qualified freelancers to help you meet your goals. The trick is knowing what to look for in freelance SEO help.
How Guest Bloggers are Sleepwalking Their Way into Penalties
How do you get links in a post-penguin world? For far too many the answer seems to be, exclusively, guest posting. Today I’m going to give you four reasons why I think this tactic can be as dangerous as those it replaced.
The Secret Recipe for Viral Content Marketing Success
We know that content marketing is one of the best ways to engage with audiences and potential customers online. But what happens when a business has tried content marketing and has seen few returns? It's time to come up with content that works; content that will go viral and can show what content marketing can really do for your business.
Machine Learning and Link Spam: My Brush With Insanity
Using machine learning to combat dirty link profiles can save hours of time and countless dollars spent on hand-checking web pages. In today's post, Ian Lurie walks us through a tale of successfully implementing machine learning, one step at a time.